tolerance

Universal Words noun 1 [U] ~ (of / for sb/sth) the willingness to accept or TOLERATE sb/sth, especially opinions or behaviour that you may not agree with, or people who are not like you: She had no tolerance for jokes of any kind. * religious / racial tolerance * a reputation for tolerance towards refugees seealsoZEROTOLERANCE OPPINTOLERANCE 2 [C,U] ~ (to sth) the ability to suffer sth, especially pain, difficult conditions, etc. without being harmed: tolerance to antibiotics / cold * Tolerance to alcohol decreases with age. 3 [C,U] (technical) the amount by which the measurement of a value can vary without causing problems: They were working to a tolerance of 0.0001 of a centimetre.